impotente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃t/
• Homophone: impotentes

Adjective

impotente

1. feminine singular of impotent

Galician

Etymology

From Latin impotēns.

Adjective

impotente m or f (plural impotentes)

1. powerless (lacking sufficient power or strength)
2. impotent (unable to achieve an erection)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin impotentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.poˈtɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: im‧po‧tèn‧te

Adjective

impotente (plural impotenti)

1. (medicine) impotent
2. impotent, powerless, unable

Antonyms

• potente

Noun

impotente m (plural impotenti)

1. (medicine) impotent man

Related terms

• impotenza

Further reading

• impotente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impotentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poˈtẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poˈtẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puˈtẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: im‧po‧ten‧te

Adjective

impotente m or f (plural impotentes)

1. powerless (lacking sufficient power or strength)
2. impotent (unable to achieve an erection)

Further reading

• “impotente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impotentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoˈtente/ [ĩm.poˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: im‧po‧ten‧te

Adjective

impotente m or f (masculine and feminine plural impotentes)

1. (medicine) impotent
2. impotent, powerless
3. helpless

   Synonyms: indefenso, desvalido

Antonyms

• potente

Related terms

• impotencia

 

Further reading

• “impotente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10